Respiratuvar depression after accidental nasal ingestion of brimonidine eye drops in infant

OBJECTIVES: Brimonidine tartrate is an alpha-2 agonist used for glaucoma treatment. It can lead to serious poisoning symptoms when misused by children. CASE REPORT: In this case report, 3 months-old male patient with severe central nervous system depression and respiratory arrest as a result of acci...

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Autores principales: Gunes, Ali, Balik, Hasan, Yel, Servet, Kocamaz, Halil, Bosnak, Mehmet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5154584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27995209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjem.2016.02.002
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Sumario:OBJECTIVES: Brimonidine tartrate is an alpha-2 agonist used for glaucoma treatment. It can lead to serious poisoning symptoms when misused by children. CASE REPORT: In this case report, 3 months-old male patient with severe central nervous system depression and respiratory arrest as a result of accidentally nasal instillation of 1 cc brimonidine tartrate that benefited from mechanic ventilation and naloxone treatment was presented. CONCLUSION: This case report suggested, that misuse of nasal brimonidine eye drop could result in serious respiratory distress and central nervous system depression. Mechanical ventilation and naloxone administration can be useful for these patients.

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